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Polychaeta taxon detailsPolydora posthamata Jones, 1962
131148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131148)
accepted
Species
Polydora adunca Harris, 1971 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polydora hamata Langerhans, 1880 · unaccepted (homonym; replacement name provided)
marine,
recent only
Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 186-187 [details] Available for editors  [request] (of Polydora hamata Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743 page(s): 92-93, plate IV fig. 4 [details] 
Note Madeira Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Madeira Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 32.75° -16.97°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Depth range Intertidal. [details] Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Madeira Island.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Madeira Island. [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet of the replacement name posthamata is composed by the Latin prefix post-, meaning 'after',...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet of the replacement name posthamata is composed by the Latin prefix post-, meaning 'after', and the Latin adjective hamata, meaning 'hooked' or 'crooked'. It refers presumably to the fact that the new name replaces the specific epithet of the junior homonym Polydora hamata Langerhans, 1880, described after its senior homonym Polydora hamata Webster, 1879. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Polydora posthamata Jones, 1962. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131148 on 2024-04-24
Date action by
original description
Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 186-187 [details] Available for editors [request] original description (of Polydora hamata Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743 page(s): 92-93, plate IV fig. 4 [details] original description (of Polydora adunca Harris, 1971) Harris, Tegwyn 1971. Unusual Polychaeta from the Isles of Scilly with the description of a new species of Zeppelina (Vaillant, 1890). Journal of Natural History, 5: 691-717. [details] basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Madeira Island. [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet of the replacement name posthamata is composed by the Latin prefix post-, meaning 'after', and the Latin adjective hamata, meaning 'hooked' or 'crooked'. It refers presumably to the fact that the new name replaces the specific epithet of the junior homonym Polydora hamata Langerhans, 1880, described after its senior homonym Polydora hamata Webster, 1879. [details] Habitat Intertidal pools in limestone rocky shores. [details] Type locality Madeira Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 32.75° -16.97°). [details] |